Device for handling wagon-bodies



(No Model.)

W. HFREELAND.

DEVICE EOE HANDLING WAGON BODIES.

Patented Aug. 31, 1886.

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VILLIAM H. FREELAND, OF EDVARDSIORT, INDIANA.

DEVICE FOR HANDLING WAGON-BODIES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 348,274, dated August 31, 1886.

Applicnti n tiled February 10, 1886. Serial No. 191,407. (No model.) l

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, WiLLL-iir H. FREELAND, of the town of Edwardsport, county of Knox, and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Devices for Handling VagoirBodies, of which the follow ing is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide aV convenient and efficient device by which a wagon bed or body may be lifted from one running-gear and placed upon another', o1' otherwise, as will be hereinafter more particularly described and claimed.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, which are made a part hereof, and on which similar letters of reference indicate similar parts, Figure lis atop oi' plan View of a framework carrying a lever and grapplinghooks, to which are suspended a wagon-body, and illustrating my said invention; Fig. 2, a side elevation of the same; and Fig. 3, a front end elevation of the frame-work, the wagon being shown in dotted lines.

In said drawings, the portions marked A represent the frame-work, which is shown as two trestles connected together by cross-bars A A2 A3; B, pivoted standards in which the lever is fulcrumed; G, said lever, and D the wagon bed or body.

The frame A, as shown and before described, preferably consists of two trestles of suitable height, arranged to receive the wagon-bed when removed from the running-gear, and are connected by the three parts A A2 A, which support and limit the movement of the pivoted standards or supports, as will be presently described.

The standards or supports B are hinged or pivoted to the cross-bar A on the frame A, and

Vare limited in their forward movement by the cross-bar Aand in their backward movement by the cross-bar Ai". These part-s are so arranged as to permit the standards to swi ng forward sufficiently so that the front of the lever may be brought directly above the wagon body or bed when the wagon is driven alongside the framework, and in their backward movement so as to bring the bed to the proper position on the trestles or frame-work. At their upper end they carry the pivot or bolt b, on which the lever is fulcrumed. They areshown as b, as stated, and at its forward end carries four rods, c, which are adapted to engage with the wagon body or bed, as shown. These several rods are secured to a single piece, C', at the upper end, and the direct connection to the lever is preferably made by means of a pivot or bolt, c', passing through this piece and the end of said lever, as shown. Pins c2 may be inserted in the outer end of said lever for a haud-hold, if desired.

The bed or body D of the wagon should be provided with hooks d, or some such means, by which the attachment may be made between it and the rods c; otherwise, there is nothing peculiar about either it or the remainder of the wagon.

The operation is as follows: Vhen it is desired to remove the bed or body from the wagon, said wagon is driven along in front of my device, the rods c are connected by the hooksd, and the operator, by seizing and bearing down on the other end of the lever, can raise said body from the running-gear high enough so that it may be swung over upon the top of the trestles, which is done by simply pulling backward upon said lever al'ter it has been depressed, as before stated. body, by releasing the pressure upon the lever, will then be safely deposited upon the trestles, all in the manner indicated by the dotted lines in Fig. 2.

Having thus fully described my said invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A. device for removing and replacing wagon beds or bodies, consisting of a framework or trestles, pivoted supports, a lever pivoted upon said supports, and means of engagement between one end of said lever and said wagon-body, substantially as described, and for the purposes specified.

2. The combination, with a wagon bed or body, of a device for handling the same, consisting of a frame-work, A, provided with the several cross-bars A A2 A, pivoted supports The bed or` IOO B, apivotedlevelgrO, and connections between l body, substantialy as described, and for the [o lsaid lever and said body, substantially as set purposes speoifed.

forth.

3. The combination, with the Wagon bed or body, of a framework, apivot'edlever mounted I on supports on said frame-Work, a pivoted piece7 C', con nccted to saidlever, and four rods, c, connected to and diverging from said piece and adapted to be connected to the wagon- In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal, ab Edwardsport, Indiana, this 21st day of December, A. D. 1885.

WVM. H. FREELAND. [L s] In presence of W. B. ANDERSON, THOMAS MADDEX. 

